GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar supported by Fed comments, Nikkei eases
Written by Reuters: Company NewsReviewing a Few Formerly Trendy Investments
Written by Barron's Most Emailed TodayIn recent months, Facebook shareholders have had to face the music. For a host of reasons, the stock just hasn't been what it was cracked up to be a year ago when it debuted as a public company. So while ...
...When the medical-products giant Abbott Laboratories split into two separate companies earlier this year, its old pharmaceutical business, rechristened AbbVie, was widely regarded as the less desirable of the two stocks. AbbVie (ticker: ABBV) was
...International Developments
❖ “At least 23 people have been killed in a series of deadly bomb attacks in Shia districts of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.” 10 more people were killed in bomb attacks in Kirkuk.
❖ “ A suicide bomber has blown himself up near a convoy of foreign troops” in Kabul. Update: “ 15...
Obama Administration is Corrupt, Incompetent, and Dangerous
Written by EditorPrudential Shares Its Outlook for Global Stock Markets
Written by Barron's Most Emailed TodayEditor's Note: This is an excerpt of a slightly longer commentary written by Praveen, the chief investment strategist with Prudential International Investments Advisers, a unit of Prudential Financial. We expect the global equity rally to contin
...Lower income shoppers still feeling pinched, U.S. retailers say
Written by Reuters: Company NewsDid the House of Representatives Just (Unintentionally) Eliminate the Debt Ceiling?
Written by Dan KervickDid the House of Representatives Just (Unintentionally) Eliminate the Debt Ceiling?
By Dan Kervick
My fellow NEP blogger Joe Firestone wrote recently about House Resolution 807, the Full Faith and Credit Act, which was passed on May 9th by the US House of Representatives. The supposed purpose of the act is to prevent default on the public debt as a
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